Preface -- Introduction -- Protagoras' Aletheia -- Protagoras and relativism -- Self-refutation and contradiction -- The secret doctrine in Plato's Theaetetus -- Aristotle on Protagoras and the Theaetetus -- Aristotle on Protagoras and early conceptions of thinking and perceiving -- Democritus on appearances and perception: the early sources -- Democritus on knowledge and the senses: the late sources -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary
Relativism was first formulated in Western philosophy by Protagoras in the fifth century BC. Protagoras is famous for his claim that 'man is the measure of all things'. Mi-Kyoung Lee examines this and the work of Plato, Aristotle, and Democritus
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-275) and index
